Catherine's Cafe Vocation Blog

I have lived as   a Sinsinawa Dominican for 50 years and am celebrating this with the Congregation, family and friends in one week. I have been unpacking the meaning of "Jubilee" in my life these past months and I have found one of Rilke's Poems relevant.   The first three lines are:                   I live my life in widening circles                   that reach out across the world.                   I may not complete this last one                   but I give myself to it.                                      Rilke's Book of Hours, Lo...

Moving is considered one of the most stressful experiences.   No one moves without a good reason because it is so much work .   Like everyone else sisters move.   Why?   We move for many reasons: a change of ministry, a desire to downsize and simplify life, a desire for community and, because we mostly are renters, an increase in rent or a change in ownership of the property. I live with one other sister and we moved from a rental house to an apartment complex on the other side of town where other of our Dominicans of Sinsinawa live.   So, we moved because we wanted to downsize and so that we could be part of the community that has formed there in the past year! Moving was a community event.   Sisters and an associate carried and unpacked boxes, put together furniture, fixed food, hosted slumber parties and laughed a lot all weekend.   See accompanying photo for proof!!   Moving can be a harrowing experience, but sharing it with them made...